On the surface it seems like a simple task. Microsoft has provided some fantastic tools and capabilities with XP, Vista and Windows 7 Media Center. To maximize the functions that you will most likely want to leverage I highly recommend connecting your Media Center to an XBox 360. If you are only wanting to leverage the out of the box features of Media Center then any media extender will work fine. However, if you are looking to stream video from the internet using a service like PlayOn you will need...
Over the last few months I have been looking for opportunities to reduce the overall cost of receiving television in the home. Several factors got me thinking seriously about this: 1) I actually looked at my cable bill..- by the time I paid for internet service, basic cable, extended cable premium cable, HD signal digital signal set top boxes, digital boxes, and DVRs I could have gone to the movies every night and still had money left over. 2) Advances in internet speed continue to leapfrog 10-20...